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Living in Oblivion (1995)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:21

Rotten:3

Average Rating:7.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Filmmaker Nick Reve has only one thing on his mind: completing his low-budget, independent film. That may sound simple, but every day is a challenge. Take this morning, for example, which has... Filmmaker Nick Reve has only one thing on his mind: completing his low-budget, independent film. That may sound simple, but every day is a challenge. Take this morning, for example, which has already gotten off to a terrible start. First, his star players, egotistical heart-throb Chad Palomino and insecure but gifted Nicole, aren't getting along. It seems they haven't recovered from their bad one-night stand. Nick's tough assistant director Wanda has just broken it off with her cameraman beau Wolf, so he's in a rotten mood, too. And the technicians can't get the equipment working. To top it all off, Nick's mentally impaired mother has escaped from her rest home and walked onto the set. It's one of those days where Murphy's Law reigns supreme... and anything can happen next. [More]

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Dermot Mulroney, Catherine Keener, James Le Gros

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Dermot Mulroney, Catherine Keener, James Le Gros, Nick Reve, Danielle Von Zerneck, Rica Martens, Peter Dinklage, Kevin Corrigan

Director: Tom DiCillo

Director: Tom DiCillo
Screenwriter: Tom DiCillo

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Variety
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06/23/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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04/11/07
Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
UGO

Probably the best and funniest of the mid-’90s crop of movies about making movies.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
04/09/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

A valentine to the independent film world, DiCillo's version of Truffaut's Night for Day offers a smart, amusing look at the perils of low-budget filmmaking; the ensemble acting is superb.

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01/23/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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09/29/06
Eric Melin
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Scene-Stealers.com
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Boulder Weekly

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10/30/04
Jake Euker
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02/20/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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01/08/04
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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10/24/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Really clever little comedy about low-budget filmmaking with Buscemi at his best.

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08/24/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Sluggish, dumbly overpraised farce about an indie movie I would never see, but I still might pick over this one.

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05/09/03
Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece
Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece
PopMatters

Meaty and witty, the sort of product that rewards a closer examination even as it buggers intimacy.

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04/02/03
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Desperately funny.

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02/17/03
Mark Robison
Mark Robison
Reno Gazette-Journal

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01/09/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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12/14/02
Karina Montgomery
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